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No. 486,799. Patented Nov. 22, 1892.

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ANDREW W. TAYLOR, OF WAYNE, NEBRASKA.

SWINGING GATE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 486,799, dated November22, 1892.

Application filed May 14:, 1892. Serial No. 33,032. (No model.)

To 11 whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ANDREW W. TAYLOR, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, residing at Wayne, in the county of Wayne and State ofNebraska, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in SwingingGates; andI do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, andexact description of the invention,such as will enable others skilled inthe art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference beinghad to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference markedthereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to improvements in swinging gates, and the endsought to be attained is to provide a gate which will be simple inconstruction and which may be opened and closed by the passage of avehicle over crank-arms located at some distance from the gate, butconnected thereto, so that the gate will be swung open and at the sametime elevated and held open in a raised position by a latch, which isalso operated by a crankarm, so that when the latch is released the gatewill be automatically closed; and the invention consists in theconstruction and combination of the parts, as will be hereinafter fullyset forth, and particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, Figurel is a perspective View of a gate and operating mechanism constructed inaccordance with my invention, the gate being shown closed. Fig. 2 is aplan view showing the gate opened or in engagement with the latch. Fig.3 is a side elevation, partly in section. Fig. 4 is a side elevation,partly in section, showing the latch. Fig. 5 is a detail sectional viewof one of the gate and fence posts.

A designates the gate, which is supported upon a central post, the lowerend of which is provided withascrew-threaded pin a, which enters athreaded socket b, suitably attached to and supported by blocks embeddedin the center of the roadway. The gate may be of any suitableconstruction, and the framework thereof is attached to the center post Aand G on opposite sides of the gate.

said fence-posts being provided with strips 0 c, as shown in Fig. 1, orhollowed out when the end pieces are round, as shown in Fig. 5.

Adjacent to the block B, which carries the socket b, is located a postD, said post carrying a pivoted latch E, provided on one side of itspivot with a weight eand on the other side with a rod e, to the lowerend of which are attached flexible connections leading to rods F F,which extend to crank-arms G G, located in the roadway on opposite sidesof the gate-post.

The gate A is provided on each side of the center post A and at a slightdistance therefrom with angle-plates h h, with which engage-rods H,which are connected to crankarms I, located on a line with thecrank-arms The crankarms G and I may be of any suitable construction,such as are usually provided for operating gates of this class, andadjacent to those which operate the latch E are inclined pins, whichlimit the movement thereof.

I11 the accompanying drawings I have shown the latch E provided with aweight adjacent to the end which engages with one of the rails of thegate, and said weight is of suflicient capacity to raise the crank-armsG G, so that they will abut against the pins g g when the gate isclosed, the crank-arms I I being also held raised when the gate isclosed by the weight of the gate.

In operation, when it is desired to open the gate, a vehicle coming fromeither direction will move the crank-arm I toward the gate and cause thebar H to exert a pushing movement against the gate, which will swing thesame upon its spirally-threaded pin, so that as the gate is swung openit will be also elevated. Thus the gate is not liable to contact withobstructions which may be in the roadway, and will be raised so that itsoperation will not be impeded by snow. As soon as the gate assumesaposition on a line with the roadway it will engage with the latch and beheld open until the wheel of the vehicle engages with the crank-arm G,which being depressed will release the latch through the medium of theflexible connections and rods, and the weight of the gate will cause thesame to close.

The gate hereinbefore described may be readily opened by pedestrians,and will close automatically after they have passed through.

The post D should not be secured in position until after the pinattached to the center post is placed in the socket and the gate closed,as said post will prevent the gate being turned sufficiently to bereleased from the socket.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. In combination with aswinging gate havinga central supporting-postwith a threaded pin which engages with a socket, rods connecting thegate to crank-arms, so that when said crank-arms are depressed the gatewill be opened and will close automatically and elevate the crank-arms,substantially as shown, and for the purpose set forth.

2. In a swinging gate having a central supporting-post with ascrew-threaded portion on its lower end, which engages with a threadedsocket, posts for limiting the swinging movement of said gate, rodsattached to the gate on opposite sides and at a distance from thesupporting-post, as shown, said rods engaging with crank-arms which areadapted to be depressed by the passage of a vehicle to swing the gateand at the same time elevate the same, so that it will automaticallyassume a closed position, substantially as set forth.

3. In combination with an automaticallyclosing swinging gate, a pivotedlatch carried by a stop-post adjacent to the supporting-post of thegate, said latch being adapted to engage with the gate and retain thesame in an elevated position, said latch being connected to crank-armshaving stops for limiting the movement of said crank-arms and retainingthem in-an inclined position, substantially as shown.

4. In combination with aswinging gate having a central supporting-post,bars H, connecting the gate with crank-arms, and apost carrying a latch,said latch being connected to crank-arms which are adapted to move in anopposite direction from the crank-arms which operate the gate,substantially as shown, and for the purpose set forth.

5. In combination with a centrally-supported gate having means forelevating the same whenswung open, said means also serving automaticallyto close the gate, rods H H, connected to the gate and to crank-arms I,and a post D, carrying a weighted latch, said latch being connected tocrankarms G, located on opposite sides of the gate and in line with thecrank-arms I, substantially as shown, and for the purpose set forth.

6. In combination with aswinging gate centrally supported, saidsupporting means serving automatically to raise the gate when opened andclose the same when released, angle-irons h h, attached to the gateonopposite sides of its supporting-post, bars H H, attached thereto andto crank-arms, a post D, carrying a latch E, having on one side a weightand on the other a rod with which flexible connections 'f engage,rollers over which the flexible connections pass, and rods F F, attachedto flexible connections and to crank-arms G G, said crank-arms beinglocated on opposite sides of the gate in line with the crank-arms I I,the crank-arms G G and I I being inclined so as to be depressed bycontact with a vehicle-wheel, substantially as shown, and for thepurpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ANDREW W. TAYLOR. Witnesses:

JOHN D. KING, F. M. SKEEN.

